Once we heard from the bank about the finance, one of our first calls was to our architects, S and K to book a meeting and they came over this morning for a couple of hours to chat through the whole Parlour concept. It’s instructive talking through the vision with someone else, it highlights how important it is to find the write ways to succinctly describe the concept, and how we envisage it being manifested through the fitout and décor – and all within a pretty small budget. We don’t have millions of dollars to spend, indeed, we don’t have hundreds of thousands, so the décor won’t include $20,000 couches or gold leaf finishes. But that’s part of the fun – finding cost effective, simple ways to reflect our vision for Parlour – a comfortable local meeting place.
S and K are going to send us the standard RAIA Client and Architect Agreement. It’s a nice simple document clearly setting out what the architects will do – with checkboxes to indicate the specific services that will be included.
We talked through issues such as planning permits, dealing with council, finding a builder (indeed, whether we actually need a builder), tradies and the like.
Faxed off offer for Barkly Street – same price as we offered back in January. It just isn’t worth us spending more, we don’t want the business per se, but the location and lease, and maybe some of the equipment. Agent’s already faxed me a sale contract with blanks for the price.
Emailed off an offer letter to the owner of the old laundry in Hampton. It’s less than they are asking, but we offering a longer lease, no free months etc. I did a survey of rental rates on commercial properties in the area, and feel our offer is justified.
Restaurant and Catering Victoria emailed me some great staff and payrate information following up on my email enquiry yesterday. One of the most useful items is a simple spreadsheet outlining hourly payrates for staff at the various award levels, broken into weekdays, weekends, evenings etc. Just what we needed to help figure out staffing budgets.
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